Medicines
Street Drugs
FDA approval process
all mixed up
Narcotics & Stimulants & Depressants
100
What kind of medicines are available without a doctor's prescription
Over the counter medicines
100
the most commonly used street drug is?
What is Marijuana
100
A potential new medicine is ________________
What is discovered
100
when used over a long period of time, certian medicines can cause a person to develop the need for greater and greater amounts of the drug. This is called
What is Tolerance
100
What is the difference between drug misuse and drug abuse?
Drug misusers take legal drugs in an impropre way. Drug abusers take substances taht are against the law or are not supposed to be taken into the human body.
200
These medicines need a written note from a physician.
What are prescription drugs
200
Two effects of marijuana are?
What is reduced memory, reaction time, coorination, impared judgement, reduced initiative and ambition, increased heart rate, increased appetite, lover body temperature, damage to heart and lungs, changes hormone levels, may cause addiction
200
researchers conduct ________________ to help decide how the new medicine might be used to treat an illness. Early testing is conducted on _________________to determine if the medicine has any harmful effects
What is experiments and animals
200
three reactions are possible when two or more medicines are mixed together. two possible reactions are:
What is each medicine may have a stronger effect The medicines may combine to produce unexpected effects One medicine may cancel out the expected effect of the other
200
Doctors prescribe narcotics to treat
What is Extreme pain
300
This type of medicine prevents diseases from developing. It is a preparation of dead or weakend germs that causes the immune system to produce antibodies
What is a vaccine
300
what are hallucinogens?
drugs that distort moods, thoughts, and senses.
300
FDA stands for?
What is Food and Drug Administration
300
A side effect is
What is any effect of a medicine other than the one intended
300
HIV is related to Heroin use because...
Heroin users that share dirty needles are at an increased risk of contracting HIV
400
This type of medicine is used to restore health. This medicine reduces or kills harmful bacteria in the body
What is an antibiotic
400
a psychological dependence is
What is an addiction in which the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug
400
If the FDA determines the drug is safe and effective for its intended use, the FDA _________________it
What is approves
400
common side effects include
What is headache, upset stomach, and drowsiness.
400
Stimulants do this to the body
What is speed up body functions
500
There are four ways medicines can enter the body they are?
What is ingestion, inhalation, injection, and absorption
500
three club drugs are
What ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol, or Ketamine
500
once approved, the medicine can be made available for _______________to prescribe or for the consumers to purchase
What is Doctor or Physician
500
PCP is usually put into_________________
What is marijuana or other leafy materials and smoked
500
depressants do this to the body
What is slow down body functions and reactions
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